Bad Luck Streak

Yesterday Dan called me at work and told me that our kitchen sink was backing up and dirty, greasy water was coming up through the drain! SICK! He was trying to keep up with it by dumping it into the bathroom sink, until he started getting sick because of the nasty smell and texture of the water. He finally came to pick me up from work, which took no longer than 15-20 minutes, and we come home and see that the carpet outside our door is wet. Great. We both knew what had happened. We open the door and greasy, smelly water was flowing through our kitchen and front entry. Plus Chester was excited for us to come home and tried to come greet us, but found himself trapped on the front mat with wet, dirty paws. The poor boy, he had no idea what was going on. If this was just dirty water, I wouldn't be so upset, but the fact that this water was mostly grease really had me livid!! The kitchen sink was overflowing and it was pouring down the cupboards onto our kitchen mat and flowing into the entry way and soaking that mat too, and also into our front closet. Luckily we got there in time before it started flowing down the hallway. This is not how I had planned my Monday evening. What a way to start off the week. Dan didn't go to class because he helped clean up the mess. I'm sorry I don't have any pictures, it wasn't exactly the first thing we thought about when we saw what happened.

To make matters worse, I arrived to work this morning, and the two owners wanted to chat with me in a secluded place. My heart dropped! I'm peeing my pants on my way to the office. They sit me down, and tell me that they want to talk to me about how there's not that much work for me to do. They hadn't predicted this when they initially hired me. I thought for sure I was being laid off!! But to my surprise, they asked if I would be interested in working half-time with them. Sure that would be great, just as long as my salary stayed the same. I asked how it would be affected, and they told me that it would be just over half of what I'm getting now. NOT COOL! I explained to them that right now is difficult for us, we are trying to save up for a house this year, and me only having a part-time job wouldn't cut it. The hours that they want me to work would be afternoon hours, which makes it hard to find another part-time job because I can't work in the evenings. Dan has class most evenings and we have shifts to work in our building during the evenings. They let me know that they would be really sad to see me leave because they love the work that I do, when there is work to do. I'm supposed to let them know on Friday what my decision will me. This week really blows already, and it's only Tuesday. I hope I don't see our dreams of buying a house go down the drain (no pun intended). Please, if anyone reading this knows of anything available, let me know! Part-time or full-time.

One and a Half Years

As of last Tuesday, Feb. 17, Dan and I have been married for 18 months! Time sure does fly! It seems like just yesterday that we were walking out of the Cardston Temple together on our perfect wedding day. But now we are closer to our two year anniversary than we are to our one year! It's crazy to think of it that way! These past 18 months have been the best ones of my life. I love Dan so much and I couldn't ask for anyone better to spend the rest of my life and all of eternity with.

Family Day Long Weekend

I love the February long weekend. It's nice to have something between the Christmas holidays and Easter to look forward to. It was a pretty busy one for us this year. We spent it mostly with Dan's family as they were all in Calgary to celebrate Dan's Mom's (Sue) 60th birthday later on this month. Friday night we went out for dinner to Joey Tomato's with no kids! It was different from what I'm used to and it was so nice to actually have adult time without the interruptions of little voices chattering and screaming in the middle of a busy restaurant. A definite suggestion for my side of the family! Dan's sisters Pam and Jackie travelled up from California and Oregon. We haven't seen them since before Christmas! Pam came by herself without her kids or husband, which she really enjoyed a small break from. Jackie, however, brought her new fiance, David along! We all met him for the first time on Friday night. Dan's brother Will and his wife Heather came from Lethbridge to join us too. Spencer and Laurie brought along their new baby, Cullen Samuel, who is their 3rd child and 3rd boy to join their little family. He was born Thursday Feb. 5, 2009. (Congratulations!)

(Picture taken from Facebook)

We were seated in a separate section in the restaurant so we had a more private dinner which was quite enjoyable. The food was great and the company was even better. I love being with Dan's side of the family, it's not very often that they are all together, but when they are, it's a fun time to be had.

After dinner, Dan made an appointment with himself to shave off his beard that he grew in for a couple weeks. It was really quite thick and grew in pretty good! He's definitely a Glenn. I really enjoyed him having a beard, but I think I was one of very few people who felt this way about it. Here is the process of the big event.

Anyways, back to the birthday celebration that lasted for most of the weekend. On Saturday (the 14th), we were initially planning on all going to the Temple in Cardston, but instead, we had a dinner at Dan's parents' house. This time the kids joined us and they really enjoyed seeing and playing games with their Uncle Dan. He seems to be a favorite among the kids on both sides of our families. I just wish we could have stayed longer that night. When the extended family started to arrive, we had to leave because Dan was scheduled to DJ a 30+ singles dance that night, which turned out to be a dead night for them. I didn't mind that Dan had to DJ on Valentines' Day because lucky for him, I'm not a big fan of the holiday. I think that showing love should happen sporadically throughout the year, and not have a scheduled date each year to spend more money than usual to buy gifts or candy.

Sunday we went to church and taught our CTR 5 class, came home and napped for about 4 hours (I so needed that!), then we headed over to Dan's parents' house once again and made candy popcorn and played "Ticket to Ride" with Jackie and David. That was such a fun time!

Family Day Monday came and Dan really wanted to go to Banff for the day. However, we slept in quite late and I didn't really feel like going for half a day and have it be super busy because of the holiday, so we went out shopping instead. Dan bought a new shirt and I got two pairs of jeans that are actually quite comfortable! If you really know me, then you know how much I hate wearing jeans, because on the girl's styles, they make them all so tight in the hips and thighs, I can barely sit down without having all of the blood being cut-off to the lower half of my body. But I finally found some that are more loose and breathable, and surprisingly enough, I didn't even have to hem them up! Once I saw that the jeans were the perfect length and width, I knew that these jeans were made especially for me.

On Monday night, we had a shift at our building where we live, but Dan so graciously offered to do it himself while I stayed home to have a bit of a nap. I really appreciated it. I usually have to do them alone because Dan has class in the evening hours. Thanks Dan :) That's about all for our long weekend. I'm sad that it's over, but now we have Easter to look forward to!

A special congrats goes out to Jackie and David on their engagement! They are planning to be married in the Cardston Temple on June 5, 2009. We are very excited and very happy for them both.

(Picture taken from another blog)

Also congratulations to Sue for turning 60 at the end of the month! In this picture, left to right: Pam, Jackie, and Sue.

(Picture taken from another blog)

First Birthday Surprise!

I guess I was wrong about the plans on my birthday. Turns out, I had no idea! I wrote my last post right before we left to go out for dinner to Santa Fe Grill and that's when it all started. It's tradition in my family that when we go to Santa Fe Grill, we get the deep-fried ice cream for dessert. SO GOOD! So I was shocked when Dan didn't want to get dessert, plus, it was free for my birthday! Then I thought, I really wasn't in the mood to have everyone come out make a big scene and sing to me. So I agreed that we would just get the bill and head out. During dinner my sister Kristie called my cell to wish me a happy birthday, but I missed the call, so I called her back when we were heading out of the restaurant. I told her where we were and she asked how the deep-fried ice cream was, and she flipped out when she found out that we didn't have it. She just couldn't understand why! So Dan assured me (as I was still on the phone with Kristie) that we would have something even better! Of course I didn't believe Dan. What's better than deep-frid ice cream?! I told Kristie that Dan was now pretending that he had something planned! We thought it was funny, except Dan. Then we made a stop to Chinook Mall, where we went to Marble Slab to pick out an ice cream cake! Oh my, he did have a plan! I chose a small one, because we really don't have any room in our place to store the left overs. Dan then convinced me to get the bigger size because "his parents were going to pay for it". Alright! I then find out that we are going right to his parent's house to eat the cake. I didn't think it was too strange, so I wondered what all we could do with this parents? I assumed we wouldn't be that long there. We finally arrived and Dan opened the door, and Meaghan and Dallin were there!! I was so confused at first! Did Dan actually have this whole evening planned?! Shortly after we got there, Kyle and Pam then walked through the door! I couldn't believe it! I've never had a surprise party before! And Dan actually pulled it off quite nicely! We got the cake out and lit sparklers on it as everyone sang Happy Birthday to me :) I think I was still in shock that I had NO IDEA about this whole thing! So as we started eating the cake, Dan told me that my younger sister Kimberly was supposed to be there too, but that she was probably lost. It's also tradition in my family to be really late! So after Dan was on the phone with Kimberly for awhile, giving her directions because of course she got lost, she came too! We spend the night playing Extreme Uno! Such a fun game! And I actually won the first two rounds! YAY for me! The night was such a blast and I'm so happy that Dan did this for me. But I also feel really bad, because I didn't do anything for Dan's birthday. I spent his birthday being sick, then I eventually gave that sickness to him. Every year Dan is going to out-do me in birthday events just because my birthday is last. I'll never win. Thank you Dan for doing this for me, and thank you Meaghan, Dallin, Kyle, Pam, and Potatoes for celebrating with me! I love my husband so much :)

One Year Older, and Wiser Too!

Today is my birthday! I'm 23 years old now. I still feel like I should be younger than that, but I'll take it. Dan had a test this morning, so I woke up alone, but we are spending the rest of the day together! We plan to go out for dinner tonight to celebrate both of our birthdays, but I think that's all the spending we can afford right now.

Thank you everyone for your birthday wishes!